The Atlantic Cities- MapLab: The Voice of a Map Generation June 20, 2018A biweekly tour of the ever-expanding cartographic landscape.Laura Bliss
- A Musical Escape From Late-Apartheid Johannesburg June 20, 2018In the 1980s, the South African band Umoja made upbeat pop hits under the watchful eye of the South Africa Broadcast Corporation. It’s impossible not to love “Money, Money.”Mark Byrnes
- CityLab Daily: How a Mayor Fights Migrant Family Separation June 20, 2018Also: Paving over the Everglades, and why cities want their own cryptocurrency.Andrew Small
- How D.C. Voted on Initiative 77 June 20, 2018Support for the controversial ballot measure, which will raise the minimum wage on tipped employees, fell on familiar race and class lines.David Montgomery
- Criminalizing Homelessness Doesn’t Work June 20, 2018“Anti-vagrancy” laws are cruel, costly, and counterproductive. They make it even harder to escape homelessness.Sara Rankin
- MapLab: The Voice of a Map Generation June 20, 2018
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EVENT REVIEW: Strategic Planning and the Green Belt – Thurs 4 Feb 2016
The third event in the RTPI London’s Mayoral Election Series tackled what was described by the event chair Christopher Tunnell (Arup) as perhaps the most sacred, but controversial, tenet of UK planning policy – the Green Belt. Sponsored by Arup, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2020andbeyond, ASI, Catriona Riddell, CPRE, Green Belt, HBF, NLA, RTPI, ThinkingStrategically
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FORTHCOMING EVENT: Strategic Planning and the Green Belt – Thurs 4 Feb 2016
For nearly five decades, the Green Belt has prevented the outward sprawl of London. It continues to maintain the permanence and openness of the countryside at its fringes. Local authorities in London and beyond are facing pressure to revisit the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Smith Institute, Arup, Green Belt, HBF, Mayoral Series, NLA, Planning, RTPI
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FORTHCOMING EVENT: Tall Buildings – up from the street – Tuesday 24th June
Skyscrapers – how do they fit with the urban grain? The effect of tall buildings on London’s skyline is under ever-increasing scrutiny, but what about their relationship with the streets and surroundings at ground level? Planners and designers have a … Continue reading
EVENT REVIEW: Centenary Series: Liveable City – Planning for a Liveable London – Thursday 8th May
RTPI London and New London Architecture teamed up to present a stimulating discussion on how to make London a more liveable city. Contributions were made by the following excellent speakers. Rt Hon. David Lammy MP and representing the Lammy Housing … Continue reading
EVENT REVIEW: Abercrombie + 70, Wednesday 5th February, NLA
Harry Burchill MRTPI Following the recent launch of our Centenary Book Kaleidoscope City, the basement of the New London Architecture (NLA) Building Centre played host to the first in RTPI London’s Centenary CPD Series exploring past present and future planning … Continue reading
REVIEW: “Temporary Spaces, Permanent Purposes” – Meanwhile Uses – 29th May
The NLA event held last Wednesday (29th May) was a swift but lively whistle-stop tour of ‘Meanwhile Uses’, at a very full St Chad’s Place at King’s Cross. Whilst we sipped our beers and nestled into the former mechanic’s workshop … Continue reading
REVIEW: Good Design = Good Planning Seminar #3
On the evening of Wednesday March 6th, delegates swarmed into New London Architecture (NLA) for the third installation of Good Design = Good Planning. As the final episode (of this series), the evening focussed how urban design can address … Continue reading
EVENT REVIEW: RIBA Inter-Professional Hustings: 17 February 2016
RTPI London was delighted to join New London Architecture, CIOB, RICS, RIBA, Urban Design Group and Planning Futures at RIBA’s splendid headquarters in Portland Place. This was a chance to meet the Mayoral candidates (or representatives thereof) from the main … Continue reading →